Is this show at all like Sherlock or Luther?

The odd episode is, but mostly it's slower and more relaxed.

See S1E4 and S2E4 as they are the more action packed ones, if you enjoy those check out more eps.

The show started off slowly and almost lost me there - but David Leon was my personal lure so I came back for episode 2 and was soon hooked on Vera and David. Some of the episodes are really riveting - the one where Joe goes running off an enormous cliff and into a river below with Vera standing on the riverbank across from the cliff watching as a car, that had also sped off the cliff, sinks into the water. My heart was in my throat as Joe sailed through the air and when he hit the water and tried to save the occupant(s) my eyes welled with tears. I thought sure the writers were killing off Joe.

And the two detectives have such an odd relationship - like mother and son but each keeps it very professional. Colleagues and special friends. In one episode (it escapes me now) Vera is questioning Vera is a cougar (far from it, huh?). I wondered how Vera would handle the comment and she sluffs it off, there is never such a hint between them, and she handled the scene very well. I think back to other DI's and could see Morse failing to defend such an accusation, maybe even smiling at such a thought if his partner was female instead of Lewis. Lewis, otoh, doesn't strike me as a guy who has much interest in sex or women and probably would have ignored it. DCI Janine Lewis, we know, has had a physcial (kissing) relationship with her partner DI Richard Mayne leaving us to believe something more went on so she too would smile responding an non-believable "Naw... he ain't my type...".

No where near Sherlock or the new BBC Sherlock (FABulous!) and I was never a big fan of Luther. Too much angst with the Luther character.

I'd say it's more like A Touch of Frost .. and Colombo.

Nope - not at all.

Whenever I watch Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu as Sherlock and Watson in "Elementary" I am totally bemused that they ever solve any crimes at all..

Why, if I was Sherlock I'd pretty much never leave the house.

Now this show .. meh, not so much.

Hope this answers your question.

Totally differant in every way..but..vera has it's own appeal. Blethyn is wonderful as the hard as nails, troubled detective that gets the job done inspite of herself., with a handsome david leon as her partner. The stories and their resolve are not realistic, but then none of the detective series are..they are not suppose to be .real detective work is boring, tedious and not entertaining.
Vera is entertaining because it has drama and suspended belief. If you like brenda blethyn and the british detective series that are not cozies but are less hard hitting than luther you may enjoy this...tougher than midsommer which is a cozy and not as hardhitting as luther as I said, white chapel or , well sherlock in a differant way. If you enjoyed single handed another brit detective series you will enjoy this..I recommend both. They run a full 1 12 hour per ep btw...

This isn't on the same level. It's slow (which is not a bad thing), however my frustration lies in the fact that the evidence or trail that eventually leads the guilty party seems more convenient, instead of a bunch of bread crumbs that were sprinkled through out the episode that call comes together at the end.

Sometimes, scenarios or characterizations are scripted to the point where it's frustrating to watch and the shark is jumped. And while I'm a fan of the longer format instead of the simple 1 hour long one, watching these episodes you end up thinking a lot could end up on the cutting room floor.